I needed a quick way to check the type of connection I had running. After a quick Google, I found that the MacOS has the utility, it just needs to be tweaked a little.
Open terminal and create a link to the utility.
sudo ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport /usr/sbin/airport
Now that the utility is available, run airport -I for all of your wireless information.
Seems like pppd is no longer setuid anymore. To correct this, fire up terminal and enter the following:
sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd
This will enable NetExtender to once again work its magic.
Looks like Snow Leopard does not boot into a 64bit kernel by default. There are a couple of ways to get some 64bit goodness.
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An update is available now only through Apple Software Update. As of right now, download was not found on the apple.com website.
Pressing Apple-Esc will launch Front Row. Pretty slick!
I have two drives on my Mac and I wanted to hide the Time Machine drive. I have no need to access this drive and I wanted a cleaner desktop. I found some information online that lead me to a good method to perform the task.
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I have come acros a rather annoying bug in 10.5. It seems that when a disk image (DMG) is mounted, the finder is unable to eject (dismount) the image. I have tried both Apple+E as well as dragging the disk to the trash. Both methods were unsuccessful. The disks can be ejected using the Disk Utility application. See the following URL’s for an ongoing discussion.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1198385&stqc=true
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5677911
I noticed an interesting little feature in the help menu. A search is now integrated directly into the menu. I’m sure this will be nice for those people who RTFM. 
This seems to be present in every application.
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I have been spending the evening looking at my fresh install of Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). It looks like PHP version 5.2.4 is installed by default. As of today, this is the latest version available. So far, the built in web server is not processing .php pages. I’ll look into that next.
UPDATE: Upgrading to 10.5.1 has resolved the issues displaying PHP pages.
I have given up on the Aircard when I switched to using a Mac at work. So, for remote Internet access, I configured my Mac to use my Treo 750. The entire setup is utilizing bluetooth. It took bit of Googling to find the right information.
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